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.S. ARMSTRONG.

OIL STOVE] Patented 001;. 26, 1886..

Invent!) rm T Samuefi arn'us-Zro N, PETERS. Phclu-UlhogmphnnWashingfiorl. D. C.

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.OIL STOVE.

Patented 0011.26, 1886.

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' 3 Sheets-Sh eet 3. S. ARMSTRONG.

' OIL STOVE.

Patented Oct. 26, 1886 ash-receiver.

UNITED STATES Y PATENT OFFIC SAMUEL ARMSTRONG, OF NEWARK, NEWV JERSEY,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J OHN STANARD, OFSAME PLACE.

OIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ratene No 351,682,dated October26, 1 826.

Application filed July 13, 1855'.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Stoves; and I dohereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to secure, in cooking, all theadvantages arising from the use of oil and oilstoves, and yet to obviatecertain objectionable features which have materially interfered withsuch use in certain kinds of cooking Heretofore in using oil-stoves intoasting bread, broiling meats, and in other forms or processes ofcooking where the flame from the wick came into intimate contact withthe food, the peculiar smoke from the flame so affected the food as torender it unpalatable. In my improvements the flame is caused to passthrough a layer or stratum of burning coals orother matter, so that thesmoke of the oil is burned before it comes in contact with the food.

The invention consists in the peculiar arrangements and combinations ofparts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and

finally embodied in the clauses of the claim. I

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures of thethree sheets of drawings Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a front elevation of theimproved st'ove. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal and vertical section of thesame, taken at right angles to line so, the portion of the stovecontaining the wicks, wickoperating mechanisms, and the oil-receptaclesnot being in section, inasmuch as this portion of the stove is of anyordinary construction. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is avertical cross-section takenthrough line at. Fig. 4 is a plan of the device. Fig. 5, Sheet 3, is adetail plan of an Fig. 6 is a sectionalview of the same, through line 2;andFig. 'Z is a section of the stove, taken through line y.

In said drawings, a indicates a suitable frame, which at the top mayresemble a pan,

ScrinlNmlTlAflT. (Nomodel) the center of the bottom of which maybe openor cut away to afford an opening for the passage of the flame, saidbottom being more or less elevated above the points of support to allowthe lamp 1) to be placed in position.

The lamp 1), which may be of any suitable construction, is arranged sothat it may be easily attached to or disconnected from the frame, theupper portion of said lamp being preferably provided with projectingtongues or cleats, which slide into or upon the frame, as at b Withinsaid pan-like portion is arranged, over the opening in the bottomthereof, a removable ash receiver, 0, of peculiar construction, adaptedto prevent the passage of ashes or other matter down to the lamp, but toallow the flame of the lamp to pass therethrough. The constructionpreferred to secure this result is shown in Figs. 2, 5, and 6, in which0' r indicate a series of narrow pan-like bars,which are arranged alittle apart from one another, allowing a passage for the flame between.'Above these flame-passages are arranged guards or shields s, which tendto guide the ashes to the receivers and to prevent said ashes fromfallingthrough the openings to the lamp.

Above the ash-receiver, and preferably sup ported thereby, is areceptacle, d, for-charcoal, coke, or similar material,which consistsofa perforated plate or wire netting, held at the edges by flangedframes (1 d, the flange of the upper frame serving to hold the coal uponthe netting, while the under flange may serve to hold the saidreceptacle d in place over the ash-receiver or in the frame a. Thecharcoal and ash receptacles are adapted to be easily removed from thestove through the doorway of the door 6.

Over the charcoal-pan is arranged a grid.

iron, 9, which rests upon the said pan in any suitable manner. This isused more particularly in broiling meats; but when I desire to sides ofthe lamp, spaces h h being preferably formed between the bottom of thepan-like portion of the frame and the bottom of the said side utensilsto retain the air that becomes heated therein by conduction orotherwise.

Cleats or supports i may be employed to hold said untensils in place.Said side utensils may be subdivided by partitions j j, Fig. 4-, toenable a larger variety of meats, vegetables, &c., to be cooked or keptwarm at one time. The several utensils of the group may be provided withfaucets to allow liquids there in to be drawn oii'withouttipping thesaidutensils.

Between the side utensils is formed or arranged a central utensil orreceptacle, m, to be employed more particularly in heating water. Thisis raised considerably above the level of the side utensils and abovethe charcoal-pan, to allow access of heat to said side receptacles andto form a chamber for toasting or broiling the bread or meat over thecoals in the charcoal-pan. Said chamber is provided with a pipe or fine,)1, which leads the smoke, &c., to the open air. This pipe removes thesmell of the broiling meat, thus preventing it from tainting the air ofthe room or apartment in which the stove is situated.

To prevent the smoke from passing into the room when the door f, forallowing the insertion and withdrawal of the meat, &c., is open, I forma projecting curtain or hood, t, connected with the middle vessel, m, ator near its top, Figs. 1 and 3. This hood t forms, in connection withthe front wall of the vessel on, a chamber open at its lower end, justabove the door f. The upper part of the chamber communicates with thepipe a through a flue or flues, 0. Smoke passing through the doorway ofthe doorf is drawn by the draft of the chimney up behind the hood and infront of the receptacle m passing at each side of the faucet, connectingwith the said receptacle before it can commingle with the air of theroom. This hood and flue 0 may also be utilized in changing thedirection of draft in the fire-chamber, so that, if found desirable, thecharcoal at the front of the charcoal-pan will be morethoroughlyignited. This maybe effected by elosi n g the damper p in thechimney or pipe to below the entrance of the flue thereto and openingthe dampers q in the front door, f, the smoke being thus caused to passout through the damper-openings and up behind the hood, as before.

In operating the invention, the parts being in their respectivepositions, the charcoal-pan or receptacle is filled with coal, charcoal,coke, or other suitably-inflammable material or materials, a mixture ofbroken coke and charcoal being preferred. The lamp is filled with oiland the wick ignited. The flame from the wick in turn ignites thecharcoal or similar material. In the passage of the flame of theoil-lamp or the products of combustion therefrom through the burningcoals, the peculiar characteristics of the same are lost, so that incooking the meat by broiling or in toasting bread the effect of the oilwill not tend to render the food objectionablein taste.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is .l. Thecombination, with a frame having a chamber, of a lamp therein, a passagefor the products of combustion from the lamp, and a perforatedreceptacle for charcoal or similar material located in such passage, thewalls of said passage having an opening beyond the charcoal-receptacleto afford access thereto of a cooking utensil, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, with a stove-frame, of a lamp, walls forming apassage for the products of combustion, an ash-receptacle located abovethe lamp, and provided withpassages therethrough for the flame or heat,aperforated receptacle for charcoal above the ashreceptacle, and achamber formed by the walls of the passage for the reception of acooking utensil, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the main frame of the stove having an openingin ,its top, and provided with supports for cooking utensils, of a lamplocated in or beneath said opening, an ash-receptacle provided withpassages therethrough for the flame or heat arranged above the lamp, anda perforated re ceptacle for charcoal above the ash-receptacle,substantially as described.

4. In combination, an oil-lamp, a frame, walls forming a chamber, 'K,provided with an opening for the insertion of the food-receptacle, and aflue for the passage of the products of combustion, a hood or curtainconnected with the wall forming the chamber k, and projecting over theopening through which the food-receptacle is passed, the said hood orcurtain forming, in connection with the said Wall, a chamber, and a flueor lines connecting said chamber and the main exitflue, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination, with an oil-stove provided with acharcoal-receptacle, of the ashreceptacle arranged below saidcharcoal-receptacle, both of said receptacles being above the oil-burnerof said stove, the ash-receptacle consisting of a series of pan-likebars arranged apart, and shields or fenders arranged over the spacesbetween said bars, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

(5. The-herein-described improvement in the process of cooking,consisting in interposing between the flame or source of heat and thesubstance to be cooked a layer of inflammable material to burn out orabsorb odoriferous products of combustion arising from the flame, asherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I havehereunto set myhand this2d day of May, 1885.

SAMUEL ARMSTRONG.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, OSCAR A. MIcHEL.

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